Connacht team to face Munster at Thomond Park Pat Lam has named a 26-man squad to face Munster in the third and final pre-season clash before the start of the PRO12 in two weeks’ time. The Thomond Park fixture kicks off at 7:45pm on Friday night, the same day that the Connacht 7’s side, coached […]
Head Coach Pat Lam has made two personnel changes to his side to face Gloucester in the Champions Cup play-off game at Kingsholm Stadium (Sunday, 3:30pm). John Cooney, who was this week named on the Emerging Ireland squad, comes in to start at scrum half in the absence of an injured Kieran Marmion* while Ian […]
Head Coach Pat Lam has made one change to the starting XV from the last round of the Guinness PRO12 as his Connacht side prepare to face Zebre in Parma tomorrow evening (6:30pm). Scrum half John Cooney is named to start in an otherwise unchanged backline in what will be his 13th appearance of the […]
Connacht team named to face Ulster Connacht Rugby welcome provincial rivals Ulster to the Sportsground on Saturday (kick off 14:40) and head coach Pat Lam has made three personnel changes to the team named last week. As Bundee Aki makes a welcome return in midfield, there is shift in the back line as Robbie Henshaw, […]
YEOWWWWW BAIZ! Head Coach Pat Lam has made four personnel changes to his Connacht side to face Gloucester in the quarter final of the European Challenge Cup. Ireland international and 6 Nations winner Robbie Henshaw returns to the fray and is named at inside centre in a partnership with the competitions top try scorer Danie […]
Connacht team to face Munster Connacht Rugby Head Coach Pat Lam has announced the team to face Munster in round 18 of the Guinness PRO12 tomorrow (Kick Off: 5.15pm – live on Sky Sports). There are four personnel changes in total from the team that played Cardiff Blues last time out with three of those […]
The Connacht Eagles, sponsored by NUI Galway, will play provincial neighbours Ulster Ravens at the Sportsground tomorrow, Thursday January 5th (kick off 16:00). With Eagles Head Coach Nigel Carolan away on the Under-20’s international duty, Academy coaches Jimmy Duffy and new recruit Mossy Lawler will take charge of an experienced ‘A’ side in Galway tomorrow. […]
Connacht team to face Scarlets 28th November 2014 Bolstered by the return of Ireland internationals Kieran Marmion and Rodney Ah You, Head Coach Pat Lam has named a strong match day squad for the GUINNESS PRO12 round 9 clash with Scarlets tomorrow night (kick off 7:30pm). Robbie Henshaw is a late withdrawal having failed to […]
Head Coach Nigel Carolan has named his Connacht Eagles side (sponsored by NUI Galway) to face London Scottish in Round 4 of the British & Irish Cup tomorrow night at Athletic Ground in Richmond, kick off 7pm. The match day squad features a strong mix of senior, academy and club talent and there are eight […]
The Connacht team to face Exeter Chiefs in round 2 of the European Challenge Cup has been named. Head Coach Pat Lam has made eight personnel changes from the starting XV that faced La Rochelle last weekend. Loosehead prop Denis Buckley is recalled for Saturday’s game at Sandy Park while tighthead Nathan White has been […]